First rounders Brock Boeser, Jake Virtanen and Jared McCann highlight the roster of prospects expected to attend the Vancouver Canucks’ development camp, July 6-8, at Shawnigan Lake School.
The Vancouver Island private school, better known for its elite rugby program, will host on-ice sessions at its new arena, which opened earlier this year.
This will be the first visit to B.C. for Boeser, the 23rd player chosen in last Friday’s NHL Entry Draft. The 6-1, ... Read More …

Since playoff hockey came and went in a flash in Vancouver this year, we figured we’d provide a flashback to when the Canucks were the toast of the NHL.
Today is the 33rd anniversary of towel power.
Vancouver Canucks coach Roger Neilson’s cheeky protest against one-sided officiating during Game 2 of the Campbell Conference final became the rallying action that propelled the underdog team into 1982 Stanley Cup final.
After winning the first game 2-1, ... Read More …

It’s not Divine intervention, but it’s the best we could do on short notice.
With the Vancouver Canucks facing elimination tonight, and knowing what intense political junkies hockey players tend to be, we reached out to B.C. Premier Christy Clark and NDP leader John Horgan for some motivational words to help inspire a Canucks comeback.
Clark and Horgan proved to be good sports. Both sent us video messages for the Canucks.
The Canucks ... Read More …

We admit it looks bleak.
The Vancouver Canucks were smoked 3-1 in Calgary on Tuesday. They now trail the best-of-seven series 3-1 with Game 5 set for Thursday night at Rogers Arena.
But we are here to jam a little optimism into your deflated hockey soul by reminding you of what happened the last time the Canucks trailed 3-1 in series with the Calgary Flames.
It was 1994 and the Canucks bounced back with three ... Read More …

The hockey-inspired civic war between Vancouver and Calgary took a strange turn this morning with the release of a tad too-long video of Cowtown mayor Naheed Nenshi chowing down on a piece of Canuck-branded toast.
The video, titled “Vancouver? You’re Toast,” appears on CBC Calgary’s YouTube channel and promotes the network’s Hockey Night In Canada playoff coverage.
Nenshi, Calgary’s version of a cool mayor, appears after 20 seconds of toaster footage and then takes two ... Read More …

Now that the Vancouver Canucks have officially qualified for the NHL post-season , thanks to Edmonton’s 4-2 win over the L.A. Kings Tuesday, our attention can now turn to the club’s potential first-round playoff opponent which will be either the Kings or Calgary Flames.
Who would the Canucks rather face in the opening round?
Pick your poison.
Canucks vs. Kings (39-26-15, 93 points)
Many people believe the Canucks would prefer to meet anybody-but-the-Kings.
L.A. easily ... Read More …

It’s 70 games already, which means this 10 on 10 column has lasted longer than the Toronto Maple Leafs’ hopes of making the playoffs. Clearly the bar wasn’t set high at all.
1) Let’s be optimistic for a second here and say the Vancouver Canucks make the playoffs, what then? Are fans supposed to get excited for their slightly delayed demise or will everyone grumble about how the team won’t be getting a higher draft ... Read More …

The city of Vancouver honoured the late Canucks boss Pat Quinn by renaming the section of Abbott Street next to Rogers Arena renamed Pat Quinn Way.
Quinn, who had served as a Canuck player, coach, general manager and president, died in November following a lengthy illness.
“On behalf of the city, I am very pleased to be here for the official opening of Pat Quinn Way,” Mayor Gregor Robertson said. “This is a very fitting ... Read More …

The Vancouver Canucks have called up defenceman Bobby Sanguinetti from the Utica Comets, their American Hockey League affiliate, to shore up a depleted blueline corps.
The Canucks have four defenceman — Kevin Bieksa (broken hand); Frank Corrado (illness); Alex Edler (upper body, week-to-week); and Chris Tanev (upper body, day-to-day) — on the injured list.
Sanguinetti, 26, is having a stellar season with the Comets. The Trenton, New Jersey native has scored 13 goals and 15 ... Read More …

Here we go with another 10 on 10 — a.k.a. the scoreline after one period at the NHL All-Star game. I think. Close enough.
1) At this stage, do fans really want the Vancouver Canucks to make the playoffs? I mean that in the nicest way possible. After all, what does finishing eighth and potentially getting eliminated early get you? I think that’s known as the Calgary Flames-Toronto Maple Leafs syndrome: Not good enough to ... Read More …

A lot of people are still having troubles with his name, but in hockey-mad Vancouver, that won’t keep up if he keeps it up.
Ronalds Kenins (yes, Ronalds, not Ronald – there’s an S at the end) has a pair of goals in his three games since the Canucks called the stocky Latvian up from the American Hockey League’s Utica Comets at the end of January, where he had five goals and seven assists in ... Read More …

Markus Naslund garnered the most attention — and deservedly so — with today’s announcement of his induction into the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame with former Canuck Curt Fraser, Cranbrook’s Rob Niedermayer, B.C.’s 1979 Canada Winter Games team and amateur coach Cam Kerr (builder).
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Naslund, whose jersey hangs in the rafters at Rogers Arena, played 12 seasons with the Vancouver Canucks and was the club old-time scoring leader (756 points ... Read More …

The Vancouver Canucks are turning a negative into a big positive.
The club launched an online auction Monday in support of their annual Canucks for Kids Fund’s Dice & Benefit. The marquee items on the auction block: Roberto Luongo’s goalie gear from the Heritage Classic.
Canuck fans remember that game as being Luongo’s last stand. The veteran goaltender demanded a trade after then-Canuck coach John Tortorella chose to start backup Eddie Lack against the Ottawa ... Read More …

That’s 30 games, and another 10 on 10. By the time you finish reading this sentence, the Vancouver Canucks have already given up two goals and six odd-man rushes.
1. If you’ve only watched their last handful of games, you may be wondering how in the world the Canucks are actually 18-10-2. The fact that they went a little more than six weeks without losing two straight games is quite impressive. But it happened, ... Read More …

ABBOTSFORD — The last time I was here on running-related business, they almost needed the Jaws of Life to extract my calorie-friendly carcass from mascot Drip’s boiling body suit after partaking in a Run For Water school promotion.
So when Deb Lowell of the local Salvation Army inquired if yours truly would be interested in attending this Saturday’s eighth annual 5K Santa Shuffle fundraiser, I was waiting for “the catch” before accepting “the invite.”
Seems ... Read More …

About three kilometres into Saturday’s Movember Miler charity run at Stanley Park, several gorgeous gals — all wearing Moustache Riders shirts, Canucks Girls tuques and spandex that encourages drafting (just saying!) — somehow determined yours truly needed a pep talk.
Sure, the old face might have been redder than the Flash Gordo costume gracing my over-carbo-loaded body, and the old breathing might have been heavier than a late-night prank caller, but somehow these intuitive ‘Mo ... Read More …

Another edition of 10 on 10 is here. I’m hoping it gets a better reception than Ryan Kesler’s return to Vancouver.
1) Last year, the Canucks were finding ways to lose. Remember the Nightmare Against The New York Islanders? So far this season, they’ve been finding ways to win, despite many of those victories still causing fans to question the effort and abilities of this squad. They have a case though. While the ... Read More …

The Vancouver Canucks have provided a “behind the curtain” glimpse into the everyday life of a professional hockey player with the latest in their “How The Rog Works” video series on canucks.com.
Brian “Red” Hamilton, assistant equipment manager, is the tour guide as he takes us through the Canucks’ 5,158-square-foot dressing room at Rogers Arena (The Rog).
We’ve all seen the circular locker room with the logo on the floor where the players meet ... Read More …